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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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